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SparkleMania
Tutor
Oct 22, 2015

New router & password, can't connect WN2500RP

I have searched the help here, but can't find a solution ... my landlady got a new router with a new password. I can connect with hard wire but also need my wireless extender to work.  From what I ca...
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TheEther's avatar
TheEther
Guru
Oct 27, 2015
Please open the link to the manual that I provided above and follow the instructions on either page 15, 22 or 33.
SparkleMania's avatar
SparkleMania
Tutor
Oct 27, 2015

The web links to www.mywifiext.net and www.mywifiext.net take me to error pages.  Apparently what I need is to somehow log into Maintenance ->set password, but the web page it says to go to does not work.

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    TheEther
    Guru
    Oct 27, 2015

    Did you first connect your computer to the extender's Wi-Fi network (NETGEAR_EXT) or Ethernet port? You must do that in order for www.mywifiext.net to work.

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      TheEther
      Guru
      Oct 27, 2015

      They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so maybe a video is worth a few million.

       

      Here is a helpful video that shows the setup process for a WN2000RP. The process should be very similar to your WN2500RP.

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    SparkleMania
    Tutor
    Oct 27, 2015

    I keep trying all the things in the instruction manual, and that I can find online, I even reset the device to factory settings, and I keep getting "connection refused" or error messages when I try to find some way to get into Maintenance. The extender sees the router, but I can't get into the extender to tell it the new router name and new password.

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      SparkleMania
      Tutor
      Oct 27, 2015

      I am watching the video and same with all the things I've done ... it SHOULD launch the wizard but does not.  And I could not figure out how to launch that Genie page manually. I would enter the web adderess, and, as mentioned, get an error page.  *** My whole problem has been I could not launch Netgear Genie!!! ***

       

      But the video refered to it as a "wizard" so when I did an internet search for "Netgear Setup Wizard", I FINALLY found a link to open it!!!!!

       

      http://www.mywifiext.net/IA_frame.htm

       

      I am now set up!! And my laptop is now connected.  Now to set up my 5 other devices!!!